Marcus Brigstocke Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless lips without a thought about those they might offend and why that might be important.”

“Offence is important; that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull.”

“I have learnt that I am incapable of packing the right amount of clothing, probably because I start 10 minutes before I'm supposed to leave, and that I truly hate airports.”

“Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock.”

“I think it's important never to look yourself up on Wikipedia. I think the temptation to correct any interesting factual errors would be too much.”

“I find myself by default an atheist but fairly unhappily so. It would be bloody marvelous if there was a god.”

“I went to China for a brief working visit, and I thought that Shanghai was interesting, but Beijing totally grabbed me.”

“I am not racked with self-loathing. Some issues of guilt and shame, but I'm a pretty good guy.”

“I'm more pompous and self-assured and determined that if - you know - if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.”

“My purist comedy friends accuse me of being a Jack of all trades and master of none.”